Nothing beats chatting with a brewer with his brewhouse looming as the backdrop. Over the weekend, Kerry and I drove east to visit New Jersey Beer Company in North Bergen, NJ. I spoke with Brendan O'Neil, the head brewer, while Kerry took photographs throughout the brewery. Overview of the brewery at New Jersey Beer Company Mould's Beer Blog : Can you give me a little background on New Jersey Beer Co.? Brendan : Yea! We're three years old, and had our third anniversary this past May. We were started and founded by Matt Steinberg, and then wound up taking a round of investors in a few months after we got our equipment and really started making beer. So now we're owned by a group of around 10 investors, depending on how you want to differentiate among married couples. The biggest investor is a realtor developer from Jersey City named Paul Silverman, he's our chairperson. He's pretty much driving this ship, momentarily. I...
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